> 4. Keep gnome-shell open for 7 days, and keep the machine idle > [...] > Perform these steps on both an unpatched system and a patched system and > compare the results.
This implies that to verify this bug at least 14 days are needed, or two VMs open at the time for long time. Can't we reduce this time? Also locking / unlocking leads to reloading custom themes, this should make the bug to raise quicker, isn't it? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2121786 Title: Using a custom theme leaks 10-15 MB per hour Status in GNOME Shell: Fix Released Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gnome-shell source package in Noble: In Progress Status in gnome-shell source package in Plucky: In Progress Bug description: [ Impact ] gnome-shell has a memory leak, which causes the user's memory to be gradually consumed after several days of gnome-shell being open with some themes, even when no actual user-visible tasks are being performed. [ Test Plan ] 1. Install the White Sur theme from https://github.com/vinceliuice/WhiteSur-gtk-theme 2. Enable the theme in Gnome Tweaks. 3. Start tracking memory usage in a format that can be easily graphed. Include any data and graphing scripts used in your tests in this report. 4. Keep gnome-shell open for 7 days, and keep the machine idle 5. Save graph of memory usage Perform these steps on both an unpatched system and a patched system and compare the results. [ Expected Behavior ] Memory utilization graph should be relatively flat at start and end of experiment [ Actual Behavior ] Memory utilization graph increases roughly linearly with respect to time [ Where problems could occur ] This patch changes which memory management primitive is used in one place, which could theoretically result in a user-visible crash if improperly implemented. [ Other info ] This is to track upstream bug: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/8509 which seems to be a regression starting in gnome-shell 46.0. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/2121786/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
